Golf ball marker and holder



Aug. 26, 1969 v w. e. CHASE 3,462,852

GOLF BALL MARKER AND HOLDER Filed Jan. 11, 1968 IIIIIIA II/(III INVENTOR WILFORD CHASE 4 j R QLv United States Patent 3,462,862 GOLF BALL MARKER AND HOLDER Wilford G. Chase, 307 S. Madeira St., Baltimore, Md. 21231 Filed Jan. 11, 1968, Ser. No. 697,128 Int. Cl. (209i 3/08; A45f /02 US. Cl. 401.5 7 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE In playing the game of golf, especially when players have reached the green and are putting for the cup, it frequently occurs that the ball of one player will be directly in the path of the ball another player must take to reach the cup. When this occurs it is the practice to temporarily remove the obstructing ball to allow the player to shoot through and then replace the same in exactly the same spot to allow the player of that ball to continue. In order to insure replacement of the removed ball to its exact former spot it is customary to use some sort of marking device which will occupy a flat position on the turf and thus form no obstruction to the players ball but yet will be clearly visible. Various devices have been used for markers, such as coins, fiat discs or discs with stems to be pressed into the ground. These devices all serve the purpose after a fashion but are unhandy, as they must be carried in the pocket of the player or somewhere about his person or his club bag and therefore usually require some fumbling and search when they are needed.

It is an object of this invention therefore to provide a golf ball marker which is readily and quickly available to the player when needed and will most likely be returned to the same spot on the person of the player when not in use.

It is another object to provide a holder for the marker which may be more or less permanently and fixedly attached to an article of apparel of the player and which will securely hold the marker therein and yet will allow the same to be readily taken therefrom for use.

The above and other objects will become more apparent as this description proceeds and reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification. Briefly, the objects and advantages are realized by the use of a holder readily attachable to an article of clothing of the player and in which the holder retains the marker therein by magnetic attraction thus adequately holding the marker yet allowing for ready removal when needed.

In the drawing, in which like parts are referred to by like reference numerals;

FIGURE 1 is a sectional view taken on line 1-1 of FIGURE 7 of a golf ball marker and holder therefor shown attached to an article of clothing;

FIGURE 2 is an exploded view of one form of marker;

FIGURE 3 is an exploded view of the holder for the marker;

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view partly broken away of a modified form of marker;

FIGURE 5 is a front view of a golfers cap with a golf ball marker and holder applied thereto;

7 FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary front view of a belt with a marker and holder applied thereto; and

FIGURE 7 is an enlarged fragmentary front detail of the marker and holder shown in FIGURE 5.

Referring more specifically to the drawing and particularly to FIGURES 1, 2 and 3 thereof, the holder for the ball marker is comprised of an externally threaded hollow nipple 10 with nut 11 and nut 12 threaded thereon. The nipple 10 is long enough to project beyond nut 11 and threadably receivable into a second hollow internally threaded nut 13 which is of magnetized metal or other material capable of retaining magnetism such as one of the newly developed magnetizable plastics, the outer surface of thenut 12 may be provided with a plastic or other semi-plastic solid washer 12' which is preferably secured to the outer surface of the nut 12 to reduce injury to the wearer in case he is accidentally hit in the area where the emblem is placed on the cap.

The ball marker proper is in the form of a disc 14 having a stem or prong 15 projecting centrally and normally from one face thereof. The disc 14 and stem 15 may be conveniently made of plastic material but stem 15 must be made of a non-magnetic material and easily breakable against disk washer 12' at severe impact.

A perforated washer like disc 16 of metal or other material capable of being attracted by a magnet or which may itself be magnetized is attached to the disc 14 and surrounds the stem 15.

The outer flat face of disc 14 may be provided with advertising or other reading matter or the like and such matter may be directly applied thereto or may be applied to a separate label, metal disc or the like 17 and then adhesively fastened to the disc 14.

The holder portion of the device may be easily attached to an article of apparel of the golfer such as his cap as shown in FIGURES 5 and 7 or his belt as shown in FIGURE 6 or to any other portion of his clothing which is found to be most convenient for his particular use. Its attachment is clearly shown in FIGURE 1. The nipple member 10 is inserted through an opening made in the material of the particular article of clothing such as the cap C or the belt B and the nuts 11 and 12 are tightened on opposite sides of the material of the article of clothing.

The marker proper may then be inserted in the holder and will be magnetically held therein but readily removable for use when needed.

A small pin or projection 18 on nut 11 and a second projection 19 on perforated disc 16 may be provided to form indexing means to insure proper positioning of the marker in the holder to properly position the advertising matter on disc 17 if such is used.

In the modification shown in FIGURE 4 the disc 14' of the marker is provided with a series of small openings and disc 17' is provided with small projections 20 fitting into the small openings with the ends of the projections lying flush with the inner face of the disc 14'. In this form the disc 17 is made of magnetic material and therefore no-additional disc of magnetic material such as the perforated disc 16 of the first form is required as the disc 17 and the ends of projections 20 are suflicient to be acted on by the magnet 13 to hold the marker in the holder. The thin marker disc and suitable stem affords a desirable thinness when pressed in the golf green turf, thus avoiding a marker stymied situation and therefore will help speed up the play on the golf green.

I claim:

1. A golf ball marker and holder therefor comprising:

(a) ring shaped magnet;

(b) means for attaching the ring shaped magnet to an article of apparel;

(c) a marker disc having a stem projecting from one face thereof, said disc having magnetic qualities and being positionable adjacent the ring shaped magnet to be magnetically held thereby with said stem positioned within the opening in said ring shaped magnet.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 in which the means for attaching the ring shaped magnet to an article of apparel comprises a hollow externally threaded nipple threaded into the ring shaped magnet, a pair of nuts threaded on said nipple adapted to receive and clamp the article of apparel therebetween.

3. The structure defined in claim 2 in which the magnetic qualities of said marker disc are obtained through the provision of a separate flat magnetic element attached to the face of the disc having the stem and the stern projecting therough said element.

4. The structure defined in claim 2 in which the magnetic qualities of said marker disc are obtained through the provision of a separate fiat magnetic element attached to the face of the disc opposite the face having the stem, said element having small projections extending through openings in said disc with the ends of the projections lying flush with the face of the disc having the stem.

5. The structure defined in claim 3 in which the face of the marker disc opposite the face having the stem is provided with advertising matter.

6. The structure defined in claim 5 in which the separate flat magnetic element is provided with a lateral projection and the nut on the nipple adjacent thereto is provided with a pin, the lateral projection and pin serving as means to indicate proper orientation of the advertising matter on the marker disc when the latter is placed in the ring shaped magnet.

7. In a structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the (15) stem portion of the marker is constructed of a nonmagnetic material.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,139,690 7/1964 Hait 40-1.5 3,298,579 1/1967 Smith 224-5 3,272,412 9/ 1966 Antonious 224-26 GERALD M. FORLENZA, Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 

